Research Services

The Avera Institute for Human Genetics (AIHG) – a Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments (CLIA) and College of American Pathologists certified laboratory – provides a variety of services to researchers as a fee-for-service or collaborative opportunity.

Count on our advanced sequencing and genotyping services performed by our highly-skilled and qualified laboratory staff. As an Illumina certified service provider (Propel Program) our facilities feature a full suite of equipment, including:

• Illumina HiSeq 2500
• Illumina MiSeq
• Illumina iScan
• Tecan Freedom EVO 150 Liquid Handler

Genotyping Services

• Global Screening Array – includes a whole genome array with a wide range of applications for biobanks, disease and translation research, consumer genomics (697,000 markers) and overall precision medicine
• Illumina Infinium products:
  • Core Array
  • Exome Array
  • Immunoarray
  • Multi-Ethnic Arrays
  • Omni Arrays
  • OncoArray
  • Psych Array
  • QC Array

Next Generation Sequencing

• 16s rRNA Sequencing (microbiome studies)
• Cancer panels
• ChIP sequencing
• Custom gene panels
• miRNA sequencing (small RNA studies)
• RNA sequencing
• Targeted sequencing
• Whole genome sequencing
• Whole exome sequencing

Methylation Studies

• Bisulfite Next Generation Sequencing
• Infinium Methylation EPIC Array
• TruSeq Methyl Capture EPIC

Nucleic Acid Extraction

• DNA
• FFPE Tissue
• miRNA
• RNA